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Industry frets as Canada finds new mad cow case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A cow in Canada has tested positive for mad cow disease, officials said on Monday, sparking fears of another in a series of crises in the fragile North American beef industry.

Canada beef industry doesn't see fresh U.S. ban (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The discovery in Canada of a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease, is unlikely to spur fresh trade restrictions by the United States, the country's biggest export market, an industry official said on Monday.

Auto-industry woes may hit Midwest banks, analyst says (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Banks with large Midwest operations may be hit by auto-industry woes, with Comerica Inc. among the most vulnerable, Punk Ziegel & Co. analyst Richard Bove said on Monday.

EMI's Nicoli sees Internet reviving music industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Nobody said it was easy for EMI, the world's third-largest record company and the home of British band Coldplay, as the music industry has weathered six straight years of falling sales.

Audit industry at risk, business group says (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Claiming the accounting profession faces a number of serious challenges that could disrupt U.S. markets, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday laid out a series of proposals to bolster the industry.

Taiwan's Biotech Industry Growing: IDB (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The revenue of Taiwan's biotech industry grew to NT$158.5 billion (US$4.96 billion) in 2005, for a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) reported Monday.

TAIWAN'S BIOTECH INDUSTRY GROWING: IDB (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Technology The revenue of Taiwan's biotech industry grew to NT$158.5 billion (US$4.96 billion) in 2005, for a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) reported Monday.

Tom LaSorda, Chrysler Group President and CEO, Urges U.S. Automotive Industry and Government to Solve Issues to Support (The Auto Channel) - AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 23 -- Chrysler Group President and CEO, Tom LaSorda, spoke to members and guests of the Detroit Economic Club today, calling for government and industry leaders to address current issues facing the automotive industry.

Calls for sugar industry forum (Irish Examiner) - By Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent THE Government has been urged to establish a forum on the future of the 80-year-old Irish sugar beet industry.

Automotive Industry Crisis (WKBN27) - It's another black Monday for the American automotive industry. On Monday, Ford joined the list of car-makers forced to amputate part of itself in order to survive.